Santa Ana del Yacuma - La Paz

On August 21, 1992 at 12:00 AM, Santa Ana del Yacuma - La Paz experienced a crash involving Convair CV-440 Metropolitan, operated by Servicios Aéreos Santa Ana - SASA, with the event recorded near Mt Chacaltaya La Paz.

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 7, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a cargo flight from Santa Ana del Yacuma to La Paz, carrying seven passengers, three crew members and a load of meat. While descending to La Paz-El Alto Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and limited visibility when the aircraft struck the slope of Mt Chacaltaya (5,421 metres high) located 19 km north of the airport. The aircraft was destroyed upon impact and all 10 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration CP-1961, MSN 405, year of manufacture 1957.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -16.4842°, -68.1448°.